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gigag04 wrote:I want an Enhanced DL, where the normal rules of the road don't apply to me.

LSUTiger wrote:We shouldn't need CHL's or any special privledges. I believe in constitutional carry, CC or OC for all guns, handgun or long gun. Private property rights should be respected but public property should be fair game. Schools included. School shootings and other shootings have proven that "Gun free zones" aren't safe.

I have two small children in school and I dread having to drop them off everyday because I know there is not a darn thing I can do to protect them and there is no one else to offer reasonable protection for them. Unless there are a couple of armed officers patrolling the school, the old saying "when seconds count the police or only minutes away" applies.

At the moment, I wish there was a remedy for this, if the schools won't pay for officers to provide security then they should allow volunteers who to provide this service. I would gladly sign up for some sort of extra training program so I could do it for free at my kids school.

Now don't get me wrong, I am happy to have CHL because its all we have at the moment.

jbarn wrote:

WildBill wrote:

mojo84 wrote:

WildBill wrote:

mojo84 wrote:I like the idea of being part of the sheriff's posse. I just can't get ours to deputize me.

I would like for a chl to be able to carry the same place as leos. Not really interested in additional authority associated with it though. Too much potential liability.

I don't know if it's like in the old westerns where the sheriff can have you raise your right hand and throw you a tin shield.

Darn. Maybe that's why he hasn't done it yet.

Sometimes I think that some people still have some romantic notion that being a ranger, sheriff or deputy means that all you have to do is be able to ride a horse and be good with a gun.

You mean.......

mojo84 wrote:

WildBill wrote:

mojo84 wrote:I like the idea of being part of the sheriff's posse. I just can't get ours to deputize me.

I would like for a chl to be able to carry the same place as leos. Not really interested in additional authority associated with it though. Too much potential liability.

I don't know if it's like in the old westerns where the sheriff can have you raise your right hand and throw you a tin shield.

Darn. Maybe that's why he hasn't done it yet.

gigag04 wrote:Totally on board with the ECHL.

I think they should have to wear capes or tiaras so good guys know who they are.

mojo84 wrote:I like the idea of being part of the sheriff's posse. I just can't get ours to deputize me.

I would like for a chl to be able to carry the same place as leos. Not really interested in additional authority associated with it though. Too much potential liability.

rp_photo wrote:I'm assuming that reserve officers are called to respond to a crisis such as a natural disaster, riot, etc., which makes them only helpful after the fact.

An ECHL would able to immediately respond on their own as would a regular CHL, only with superior training and ability carry in more places.

gigag04 wrote:

WildBill wrote:

rp_photo wrote:I was thinking to myself today about the concept of Enhanced CHL that would afford privileges somewhere between Peace Officer and regular CHL. Extended privledges could include things such as being able to carry in off-limits places like bars and schools, being exempt from 30.06, being able to open carry, 50-state reciprocity, and being more prepared to act offensively, i.e. come to the aid of others.

This is why some police departments have reserve officers.

rp_photo wrote:It would seem to me that ECHL's could fill a valuable role in society. Has any though ever been given to this?

IMO, "ECHL" would not fill a valuable role in society.

Here, we agree.

A-R wrote:30.06 is a touchy issue. I personally don't think a business open to the public should be allowed to dictate what I wear under my clothing. But some can't seem to separate this issue from the broader property rights issue.

rp_photo wrote:I was thinking to myself today about the concept of Enhanced CHL that would afford privileges somewhere between Peace Officer and regular CHL. Extended privledges could include things such as being able to carry in off-limits places like bars and schools, being exempt from 30.06, being able to open carry, 50-state reciprocity, and being more prepared to act offensively, i.e. come to the aid of others.

rp_photo wrote:It would seem to me that ECHL's could fill a valuable role in society. Has any though ever been given to this?